Health and Disease

How the Workers of Spain Battled the Spanish Flu

How the Workers of Spain Battled the Spanish Flu How the Workers of Spain Battled the Spanish Flu

The last time there was a global pandemic, organized labor came together to protect each other and fight the boss.

Dec 17, 2020 / Valerie Slaughter

The Most Vital Transition Is Ours

The Most Vital Transition Is Ours The Most Vital Transition Is Ours

Reading revives historical memory in the flat Zoom time of pandemic.

Dec 16, 2020 / Peter Linebaugh

Time for Optimism, or More Despair? We Still Don’t Know.

Time for Optimism, or More Despair? We Still Don’t Know. Time for Optimism, or More Despair? We Still Don’t Know.

The Electoral College certifies Biden’s win, Covid vaccines roll out—but damage is still being done.

Dec 14, 2020 / Joan Walsh

Hope in a Vial

Hope in a Vial Hope in a Vial

The Covid vaccine is approved.

Dec 14, 2020 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Senate Homeland Covid Hearing

Ron Johnson Brings Fringe Science to the US Senate Ron Johnson Brings Fringe Science to the US Senate

At a Senate committee hearing on Covid-19, the Wisconsin senator favored the voices of quacks over those of his constituents.

Dec 14, 2020 / Sarah Godlewski

What if Scientists Already Know How to Prevent the Next Pandemic?

What if Scientists Already Know How to Prevent the Next Pandemic? What if Scientists Already Know How to Prevent the Next Pandemic?

One Health is a pan-species approach that could ward off the next big outbreak. But first, it has to overcome the anti-science ethos of the Trump era.

Dec 14, 2020 / Feature / Jimmy Tobias

Hinch-22

Hinch-22 Hinch-22

Bilgewater on back order. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of December 7.

Dec 11, 2020 / Steve Brodner

Trumpists Are Ranting About Election Fraud as Americans Die of Covid

Trumpists Are Ranting About Election Fraud as Americans Die of Covid Trumpists Are Ranting About Election Fraud as Americans Die of Covid

This during the deadliest week so far in the pandemic, with infection rates at upwards of 220,000 per day.

Dec 11, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

A nurse wearing a surgical mask and face shield holds a vial of the Covid-19 vaccine

So When Can I Get the Covid Vaccine? So When Can I Get the Covid Vaccine?

And why do I still have to wear a mask?

Dec 10, 2020 / Gregg Gonsalves

Author standing in front of mountains.

What I Learned Moving Cross-Country Twice in 4 Months What I Learned Moving Cross-Country Twice in 4 Months

Global catastrophe has a way of putting life into perspective.

Dec 9, 2020 / Jamilah King

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